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STORY: Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine said that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is the "fool or maniac" that President Ronald Reagan warned about when it comes to nuclear proliferation.
Republican rival Gov. Mike Pence took exception to that comment, saying, "Senator, that was even beneath you and Hillary Clinton."
The vice presidential debate was held in Farmville, a town of 8,000 nestled in the heart of central Virginia, got a rare spell in the limelight on Tuesday night when U.S. vice presidential candidates faced off at Longwood University in their only debate of the general election campaign.
Democrat Hillary Clinton has led Republican Donald Trump in national opinion polls in recent months. On Tuesday, an average of polls aggregated by RealClearPolitics website showed her with 48.1 percent of support compared to Trump's 44.3 percent.